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Recent stories about U.S. immigration policies, enforcement, and the people who come to the U.S. as workers, students and refugees.NewsenThu, 04 Jul 2019 15:57:43 +0200Fri, 05 Jun 2020 22:18:12 +020030http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssiono.fm 1.0.1Voice of Americafeeds@iono.fm (Feed Manager)https://static.iono.fm/files/p29/logo_4478_20191028_150036_1400.jpgImmigrationhttp://www.voanews.com
Recent stories about U.Voice of AmericaepisodicVoice of Americarss+29+4478@iono.fmcleanZACalifornia Immigrants Fear History Repeating Itself During Protestshttp://iono.fm/e/871841
http://iono.fm/e/871841Voice of America — The nationwide demonstrations in the U.S. protesting the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis have also been accompanied in some instances by looting and vandalism. In one immigrant community near Los Angeles, residents are angry and fearful after seeing their livelihoods destroyed in just one night. This latest experience brings back painful memories of the past. VOA’s Elizabeth Lee has more from Cambodia Town in Long Beach, California.
]]>NewsFri, 05 Jun 2020 22:18:12 +0200California Immigrants Fear History Repeating Itself During Protests00Voice of Americafull3:12ImmigrationForeign Students Anxious About New US Immigration Orderhttp://iono.fm/e/854265
http://iono.fm/e/854265Voice of America — The Trump administration's recent executive order suspending most immigration to the U.S. does not directly impact foreign students. But it has created anxiety and doubts about their ability to stay and work in the United States after graduation. Aline Barros explains. ]]>NewsFri, 01 May 2020 21:12:32 +0200Foreign Students Anxious About New US Immigration Order00Voice of Americafull3:32ImmigrationTrump’s Green Card Suspension Contains Many Exceptionshttp://iono.fm/e/850062
http://iono.fm/e/850062Voice of America — U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday suspending for 60 days the issuance of permanent residency status, also known as green cards. He described it as an effort to protect American workers’ jobs during the coronavirus pandemic. While Trump said the order is “powerful,” as White House Correspondent Patsy Widakuswara reports, the action contains a wide series of exceptions and may only affect a small number of people. ]]>NewsThu, 23 Apr 2020 07:12:08 +0200Trump’s Green Card Suspension Contains Many Exceptions00Voice of Americafull2:32ImmigrationImmigrant Doctors Say Visa Restrictions Limit Them in COVID-19 Fighthttp://iono.fm/e/843338
http://iono.fm/e/843338Voice of America — At a time when America's health care system is being strained to the breaking point because of the coronavirus pandemic and states are summoning medical professionals into emergency service, many immigrant physicians say U.S. visa restrictions limit how much they can help. Immigration reporter Aline Barros has more. ]]>NewsWed, 08 Apr 2020 23:33:33 +0200Immigrant Doctors Say Visa Restrictions Limit Them in COVID-19 Fight00Voice of Americafull3:03ImmigrationUS to Launch 'Wealth Test' for Immigrantshttp://iono.fm/e/820425
http://iono.fm/e/820425Voice of America — Beginning Monday, the Trump administration will subject immigrants to heightened scrutiny based on their perceived likelihood to rely on America's public assistance programs. VOA’s Ardita Dunellari reports the "public charge rule" got the green light from the U.S. Supreme Court last month pending ongoing litigation and will affect low-income foreign citizens seeking U.S. immigration visas or permanent residency in the United States. ]]>NewsSat, 22 Feb 2020 04:02:22 +0200US to Launch 'Wealth Test' for Immigrants00Voice of Americafull3:12ImmigrationNew US Immigration Rule Sparks Questionshttp://iono.fm/e/820426
http://iono.fm/e/820426Voice of America — After getting a preliminary green light from the U.S. Supreme Court in January, the Trump administration is set to subject immigrants to heightened scrutiny based on their perceived likelihood to rely on America's public assistance programs, what some critics call a wealth test. Beginning Monday, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin implementing the public charge rule, under which low-income immigrants can be denied legal residency, visas or admission into the United States. The rule is being challenged in federal courts, but the Supreme Court allowed it to go into effect, pending the outcome of litigation. Which factors will be considered under the public charge rule? Mark Greenberg, senior fellow at the Migration Policy Institute, said USCIS will be looking at a wide range of factors, including an immigrant's age, education, work history, family structure, English language skills and income. “All trying to make a judgment if this person is likely to use public benefits at some future point in their life,” he said. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services logo.Does the rule apply to all immigrants? The rule does not apply to U.S. residents seeking to become U.S. citizens. It also does not apply to certain U.S. visa holders, including those who are in the United States to assist in the investigation or prosecution of crimes. In addition, U.S. officials have said the public charge interpretation would not apply to people who already have green cards, to certain members of the military, refugees, asylum-seekers, pregnant women or children. Which benefits would cause an immigrant to be regarded as a public charge? Broadly speaking, any federal, state or local cash assistance program, including Supplemental Security Income, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and general assistance programs for income maintenance. In addition, use of programs designed to help the poor afford food, housing and medical expenses could also trigger a public charge finding. What formula will USCIS use to determine a public charge? A person may be deemed a public charge if he or she has used one or more public benefits for more than 12 months within any 36-month period. Under the rule, receiving two benefits in one month counts as two months of consuming public resources. What types of visas will fall under the rule? According to USCIS, the rule will apply to all applicants for any type of visa and people within the United States who hold nonimmigrant visas “and seek to extend their stay in the same nonimmigrant classification or to change their status ... ]]>NewsSat, 22 Feb 2020 03:42:38 +0200New US Immigration Rule Sparks Questions00Voice of Americafull3:12ImmigrationUndocumented Hispanic Women in US Especially Vulnerable to Human Traffickinghttp://iono.fm/e/808551
http://iono.fm/e/808551Voice of America — According to the non-profit group, World's Children, an estimated 21 million people are victims of human trafficking. Many of them are undocumented Hispanic women who are hard to track because they are often afraid to seek help from authorities. VOA’s Cristina Caicedo Smit reports. ]]>NewsThu, 30 Jan 2020 00:15:35 +0200Undocumented Hispanic Women in US Especially Vulnerable to Human Trafficking00Voice of Americafull2:25ImmigrationMarymount Provides Scholarships for DACA Recipientshttp://iono.fm/e/802327
http://iono.fm/e/802327Voice of America — Since the program was initiated nearly a decade ago, recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, have not been eligible for federal financial aid because they are not American citizens. But just last year, a small university in Virginia successfully pushed to be included on a list of a small number of American schools offering a private scholarship to help DACA students pay for their tuition. VOA's Esha Sarai went to Marymount University to find out more ]]>NewsThu, 16 Jan 2020 17:29:42 +0200Marymount Provides Scholarships for DACA Recipients00Voice of Americafull2:16ImmigrationDC Restaurant Gives The US Capital The Taste Of Immigrant Foodhttp://iono.fm/e/796632
http://iono.fm/e/796632Voice of America — Hundreds of new restaurants mushroom in Washington every year, but the "Immigrant Food" restaurant that recently opened just a block away from the White House is unique. On top of making a delicious statement, it also makes a political one, serving food inspired by the many immigrant communities that live in the U.S. Mykhailo Komadovsky visited the unusual venue ]]>NewsFri, 03 Jan 2020 16:28:55 +0200DC Restaurant Gives The US Capital The Taste Of Immigrant Food00Voice of Americafull2:44ImmigrationVOA Interview: US Ambassador to El Salvador Ronald Johnsonhttp://iono.fm/e/784886
http://iono.fm/e/784886Voice of America — The new U.S. ambassador to El Salvador says the United States is looking forward to reintegrating migrants there from other Central American nations who are seeking asylum in the United States. Ambassador Ronald Johnson, speaking in his first interview since his appointment in July, told VOA there was not a timeline on when El Salvador would start taking in migrants. “I don't have a timeline on it, but I do think that the intent is that it will be implemented in a way that is not burdensome to any of the countries,” Johnson said. ]]>NewsFri, 29 Nov 2019 02:03:19 +0200VOA Interview: US Ambassador to El Salvador Ronald Johnson00Voice of Americafull10:13ImmigrationSan Gabriel Valley a Mecca for Asian Americanshttp://iono.fm/e/769331
http://iono.fm/e/769331Voice of America — The capital of Asia America is one description used for an area spanning 36 kilometers just east of downtown Los Angeles, called the San Gabriel Valley. Close to half a million Asians live in this region. It's an Asian enclave where nine cities in the area are majority-Asian. VOA's Elizabeth Lee has more on why so many Asians live there and the countries they represent. ]]>NewsThu, 07 Nov 2019 07:08:21 +0200San Gabriel Valley a Mecca for Asian Americans00Voice of Americafull3:40ImmigrationSenate Deals Wall Setback, but Trump May Still Win on Borderhttp://iono.fm/e/750713
http://iono.fm/e/750713Voice of America — The U.S. Senate has voted again to block President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration and his plan to divert $3.6 billion from military projects to extend wall construction along the U.S.-Mexico border. Despite the setback, Trump could win a larger narrative on border security — an important issue for his supporters going into next year's election. White House Correspondent Patsy Widakuswara has more.
]]>NewsSat, 28 Sep 2019 10:36:29 +0200Senate Deals Wall Setback, but Trump May Still Win on Border00Voice of Americafull2:24ImmigrationPolarized Politics Increases Divide Over Who Is a Real Americanhttp://iono.fm/e/746949
http://iono.fm/e/746949Voice of America — In the United States, the growing political divide along ethnic lines, along with President Donald Trump’s racially charged rhetoric, are renewing debate over what it means to be an American. The growing divide and rising ethnic tensions come amid a time of rapid demographic change in the country. White European-Americans are projected to lose their majority status by 2045, to be eclipsed by the growing populations of Hispanic Americans, African Americans, and Asian Americans. “Demographic shifts are certainly fueling animosity but it's more about, in essence, white people feeling they're losing control of their country,” said Andre Perry, a scholar and commentator on issues of race, structural inequality and education at both the Brookings Institution and American University in Washington.Former President Barack Obama seemed to foreshadow a new demographic alignment in the U.S. when he won two decisive election victories in 2008 and 2012, with surging support from minority voters, in addition to winning over large numbers working class whites, traditionally affiliated with the Democratic Party. Immigration rhetoricMany of those same Democrats switched in 2016 to help elect Donald Trump as president, however, galvanized in key battleground states to support the head of the Republican ticket in part because he made illegal immigration a key campaign issue. Trump, his critics say, also stoked ethnic tensions by engaging in racially charged rhetoric, referring to undocumented Mexican immigrants as criminals and calling for a “total and complete” immigration ban on all Muslims following a terrorist attack in San Bernardino, California, that was carried out by a Pakistani-born immigrant.While in office, the president has continued to single out minority groups for criticism. Trump denounced African American football players for kneeling during the national anthem to protest police brutality and inequality in the country. He refused to strongly condemn a neo-Nazi and white nationalist demonstration in Charlottesville, Virginia, that turned violent. And he questioned the loyalty to the country of two Muslim American congresswomen who a support a boycott movement against U.S. ally Israel over its occupation of Palestinian territories.Trump’s defenders dismiss charges of racism against the president. They say Trump's political strategy is to tie the Democratic Party to what he sees as its most unpopular issues and divisive leaders, adding that Trump's reflex is to fiercely attack all critics.“President Trump, I think is an equal opportunity insulter. Anybody who raises his ire or criticizes him is liable to be insulted regardless of race, ... ]]>NewsWed, 18 Sep 2019 13:11:26 +0200Polarized Politics Increases Divide Over Who Is a Real American00Voice of Americafull2:28ImmigrationVoices of Migrants: Returned to Mexicohttp://iono.fm/e/745164
http://iono.fm/e/745164Voice of America — VOA reporters Victoria Macchi and Ramon Taylor spoke with a broad sampling of migrants and asylum-seekers in early August. Many departed their home countries months before U.S. policy changes went into effect, under assumptions that no long apply. All are awaiting immigration court hearings. Here are some of their stories. ]]>NewsSat, 14 Sep 2019 11:09:01 +0200Voices of Migrants: Returned to Mexico00Voice of Americafull1:22ImmigrationVoices of Migrants: Fleeing Violence, Crimehttp://iono.fm/e/745159
http://iono.fm/e/745159Voice of America — VOA reporters Victoria Macchi and Ramon Taylor spoke with a broad sampling of migrants and asylum-seekers in early August. Many departed their home countries months before U.S. policy changes went into effect, under assumptions that no long apply. All are awaiting immigration court hearings. Here are some of their stories. ]]>NewsSat, 14 Sep 2019 11:03:18 +0200Voices of Migrants: Fleeing Violence, Crime00Voice of Americafull1:42ImmigrationVoices of Migrants: Detained at the US-Mexico Borderhttp://iono.fm/e/745160
http://iono.fm/e/745160Voice of America — VOA reporters Victoria Macchi and Ramon Taylor spoke with a broad sampling of migrants and asylum-seekers in early August. Many departed their home countries months before U.S. policy changes went into effect, under assumptions that no long apply. All are awaiting immigration court hearings. Here are some of their stories. ]]>NewsSat, 14 Sep 2019 11:01:47 +0200Voices of Migrants: Detained at the US-Mexico Border00Voice of Americafull1:26ImmigrationAt U.S.-Mexico Border, Africans Join Diversifying Migrant Communityhttp://iono.fm/e/739223
http://iono.fm/e/739223Voice of America — VOA's Ramon Taylor contributed to this report.SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS — It took Julia and her two daughters five years to get from Kassai, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, to a cot on the floor of a migrant shelter in Laredo, Texas, on a Sunday night in August 2019.First, it was four years in Angola. She saved money, she says, by working as a hairdresser.They flew to Ecuador. Took a bus and boat to Colombia. They spent 14 days crossing through Panama’s Darien Gap, lost part of the time in the dense jungle. Three weeks in Panama, then three more in Costa Rica while Julia recuperated from an illness. Then Nicaragua. Honduras. Guatemala.Finally, after a month of waiting in Acuña, on the U.S.-Mexico border, they stuck their feet in the sandy dirt along the southern bank of the Rio Grande. They were alone, and didn’t know how to swim.“We prayed first, then we got into the water,” Julia recalled. “My daughter was crying.” “‘Mom, I can’t…’” Julia remembers her pleading in chest-high water.Halfway across, she says, U.S. soldiers — possibly border agents — shouted to them: “‘Come, give us your hands.’““I did,” Julia recalls, “and they took us out.”Migrants from African countries rest outside a barn used as a shelter in Peñitas, Darien Province, Panama, May 10, 2019. African and Asian migrants tend to pay smugglers to shepherd them through the Darien Gap on their journey north to the U.S.More families from afarHistorically, the majority of people caught crossing into the southwest U.S. without authorization were single Mexican adults. In fiscal 2009, Mexicans accounted for 91.63% of border apprehensions, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data.But demographics of migrants and asylum-seekers crossing into the U.S. from Mexico are shifting in two significant ways: In the last decade, nationals of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras began migrating in greater numbers. In the same period, the number of Mexicans dropped.Then, in the last year, families became the top source of Southwest border migration. The Border Patrol apprehended 432,838 adults and children traveling in family units from October 2018 through July 2019, a 456% increase over the same period the previous fiscal year.To the surprise of longtime border agents, while the overwhelming majority of these families continue to be from Mexico and the Northern Triangle countries of Central America, a small but growing proportion are from countries outside the Americas, nearly twice as much as ... ]]>NewsSat, 31 Aug 2019 09:39:38 +0200At U.S.-Mexico Border, Africans Join Diversifying Migrant Community00Voice of Americafull3:12ImmigrationRussians Leaving for US Under Tough Political Climatehttp://iono.fm/e/738230
http://iono.fm/e/738230Voice of America — An oppressive political climate marked by a lack of rights and freedoms is now a key factor driving emigration from Russia, with more than 1.5 million Russians leaving the country since Vladimir Putin became president, according to the Atlantic Council. ]]>NewsThu, 29 Aug 2019 08:29:09 +0200Russians Leaving for US Under Tough Political Climate00Voice of Americafull2:52ImmigrationExplainer: Migrant Protection Protocolshttp://iono.fm/e/736451
http://iono.fm/e/736451Voice of America — Under the U.S. policy of Migrant Protection Protocols, migrants who enter the United States on its southern border seeking asylum can be sent back to Mexico to await a decision on their case. It's a controversial policy as Ramon Taylor and Victoria Machii report. ]]>NewsSun, 25 Aug 2019 12:58:57 +0200Explainer: Migrant Protection Protocols00Voice of Americafull1:09ImmigrationImmigration Agents Start Raids in US Citieshttp://iono.fm/e/718200
http://iono.fm/e/718200Voice of America — Immigration raids began in nine U.S. cities Sunday, including New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, as authorities started to round up as many as 2,000 migrants who have been issued deportation orders. Mike O'Sullivan reports the stepped-up enforcement has angered Democrats, including many local officials, but is applauded by supporters of President Donald Trump. ]]>NewsMon, 15 Jul 2019 09:17:44 +0200Immigration Agents Start Raids in US Cities00Voice of Americafull1:45ImmigrationRefugee Girls' Choir Touches Heartshttp://iono.fm/e/717972
http://iono.fm/e/717972Voice of America — The power of song can heal the hearts and bring people together. A girls' chorus named Pihcintu sings to do just that. Most members are from war-torn countries and refugee camps around the world. Together they sing as one and spread a message of hope. VOA's June Soh caught up with the group in Washington and has this story narrated by Carol Pearson
]]>NewsSun, 14 Jul 2019 08:02:22 +0200Refugee Girls' Choir Touches Hearts00Voice of Americafull3:32ImmigrationUS Communities Uneasy as Trump Threatens ICE Raidshttp://iono.fm/e/714508
http://iono.fm/e/714508Voice of America — Two weeks ago, U.S. President Donald Trump told the Democrats to fix the loopholes in the U.S. asylum laws or federal authorities would deport millions of undocumented immigrants through mass raids. Since then, immigrant communities around the country have organized to protest the threat, but some Americans feel those deportations should have happened a long time ago. VOA's Schuyler Ogden has more. ]]>NewsSat, 06 Jul 2019 09:05:28 +0200US Communities Uneasy as Trump Threatens ICE Raids00Voice of Americafull3:46Immigration